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[a]Others snatch the (A)orphan from the breast,
And against the afflicted they take a pledge.

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  1. Job 24:9 Lit They

14 The murderer (A)arises at dawn;
He (B)kills the afflicted and the needy,
And at night he is as a thief.

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He lies in wait in a hiding place as (A)a lion in his [a]lair;
He (B)lies in wait to catch (C)the afflicted;
He catches the afflicted when he draws him into his (D)net.

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  1. Psalm 10:9 Or thicket

14 There is a generation whose (A)teeth are like swords
And its (B)fangs like knives,
To (C)devour the afflicted from the earth
And the needy from among men.

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10 Woe to those who (A)enact evil statutes
And to those who constantly record [a]mischief,
So as (B)to turn the poor away from their cause
And rob the afflicted of My people of their justice,
So (C)that widows may be their spoil
And that they may plunder the [b]orphans.

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  1. Isaiah 10:1 Or trouble
  2. Isaiah 10:2 Or fatherless

12 he mistreats the (A)afflicted and needy, (B)commits robbery, does not return a pledge, but lifts up his eyes to the idols and (C)does abominations;

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But you have dishonored the poor man. Is it not the rich who oppress you and they themselves (A)drag you into [a]court?

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  1. James 2:6 Lit courts